On this page, you can read more about the 2024 highlights of the Turku University Library and find figures and statistics on the Library's operations.
Turku University Library is one of the largest academic libraries in Finland. We support the research, teaching, and studying of the multidisciplinary scientific community. We promote the University's strategic research and education profiles. The Library has had the legal deposit right to Finnish printed material since 1919. Our collection of national cultural material is the second largest in Finland.
In 2024
Heli Kautonen, PhD, started as the new Library Director following Ulla Nygrén’s retirement. 
We received 1,197 responses to the customer satisfaction survey and an overall score of 8.67 on a scale of 1–10. We opened the bottom floor of Turku School of Economics Library as a study space known as Holvi (Finnish for vault). We introduced extensive self-service hours for students and staff at the libraries on the Turku campus. 
We tested and purchased AI-assisted tools for scientific data retrieval and management. We updated our teaching content on AI literacy and the use of AI. We launched a new course on information retrieval for international students.
We improved the collection of research publication data by updating and streamlining the procedures for collecting publication metadata and parallel publications. We compiled new guides to help researchers. 
We presented ephemera, the development of library facilities, and the use of AI in national and international events. We organised a national symposium on legal deposit libraries in collaboration with the National Library of Finland. 
We offered several internships and participated in Erasmus exchanges. We promoted the well-being of the University community by organising game nights together with student organisations. We celebrated the 150th anniversary of the birth of Volter Kilpi, the first chief librarian of Turku University Library.
191,000 loans and renewals
11 million uses of e-resources
8,300 participants in teaching sessions
30 kilometres of printed national cultural material
2.15 million print and e-books in collections
640 articles opened under library agreements
7,134 publications reported to the Ministry of Education and Culture, of which 69 % openly available
